What's Happening at the FGS 2017 Conference?

By Guest Blogger Nicole Dyer

The Federation of Genealogical Societies is having their national conference this week. If you're not fortunate to be able to attend in person, you can follow along on Twitter! Don't have a Twitter account? You don't need one! Using the tag #FGS2017, you can search Twitter and only see "tweets" (short updates) from people attending the conference. Many people share tips or ideas that are shared by the speakers. They may tag another Twitter user by using their Twitter handle (username). The handle for FGS is @FGSgenealogy and our society's handle is @azpimagensoc.

So, if you want to follow along with tweets about the FGS conference this week, here's how: 

1. Go to Twitter.com
2. Click on the magnifying glass to search Twitter
3. Type #FGS2017 and click enter
4. Click "Latest" to see the most recent tweets about this subject
5. Scroll down to see what's happening at the conference!
6. If you decide to create a Twitter account, make sure you follow us at @azpimagensoc to get news and updates about our society.

Have fun!

3. Type #FGS2017 in the search box and click enter

4. Click "Latest" to see the most recent tweets about this subject